Mike Duarte’s RBI single drove in Evan Cassolato to snap a tie in the seventh inning to send the UC Irvine baseball team past Portland, 5-3, in a nonconference series finale at Anteater Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. The Anteaters swept the three games.

Duarte’s hit came after Cassolato tripled and capped a two-run inning by the Anteaters, who turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. UC Irvine (6-4) tacked on another run in the ninth. Cole Kreuter went 1 for 3 with two RBI and Keston Huira had two hits and scored a run.

Reliever Michael Martin (1-0) was credited with the victory as he pitched two scoreless innings. He allowed one hit, struck out and walked one. UCI starter Cole Spear allowed one run on four hits in four innings. Calvin Faucher earned the save with a scoreless ninth.

Kevin Wade had two RBI for the Pilots (1-9). UCI is at Loyola Marymount on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. game.

No. 7 North Carolina 8, Long Beach State 5: The Tar Heels (9-3) scored five runs, two on a Tyler Lynn triple, in the fifth inning, as they rallied past the 49ers (6-5) in a nonconference game in Chapel Hill, N.C. Long Beach took two of the three games from North Carolina

Luke Rasmussen led the 49ers offense with a pair of RBI. Long Beach opened a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth before North Carolina’s outburst. Long Beach starter Matt Fields went three innings, giving up two runs on five hits. John Castro (0-2) followed and gave up three runs in 12/3 innings. he walked two and struck out two. Long Beach State is back on the road next weekend, at Arizona State on March 10-12.

Cal State Fullerton at Houston: The third game of the teams’ nonconference series was canceled because of rain. The Titans open a two-games series Tuesday night against Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.

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